Hair drier



Oct. 16, 1934. w KQKEN 1,977,313

HAIR DRIER Filed May 29, 1933 5 INVENTOR; 5 WALTER F. KOKEN .TTORNEYS NITE'D' STATES 5 Claims.

This invention relates to chairs, and has for its main object to provide a chair, which, in

addition to having provision for Supporting a hair drier, is inexpensive to construct, is of attractive appearance, and is or such design that the parts or elements of same can readilybe disassembled and assembled, thereby making it practicable to ship the device in knock-down form from the manufacturer to the place where the deviceis tobeused Figure l oi" the drawing is a side elevational view of my improved chair. a

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view, of said chair; and

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Referring to the drawing which illustrates the preferred form of my invention, A designates as an entirety a portable base, B designates a standard that projects upwardly from said base and which is adapted to perform the dual function of a support for a hair drying apparatus and a support for a chair seat, C designates a seat on said standard for supporting a person whose hair is being dried by the hair drying apparatus sustained by said standard, and D designates as an entirety a hair drying apparatus of any preferred type or kind carried by the standand B, the hair drying apparatus illustrated in Figure 1 being of the electric type, and being equipped with a hood that is adapted to receive the head or a portion of the user's head when the apparatus is in operation.

The base A preferably consists of a substantially cruciform-shaped casting having a center sleeve or socket piece 1 cast integral with two diverging short arms 2 that project-rearwardly, and two diverging long arms 3 that project forwardly, as shown in'Figure 3, the said arms being provided at their outer ends with domeshaped portions i, in which casters 5 are mounted. The'standsrd B will, in most instances, be made from a metal pipe or piece of heavy metal tubing secured to the sleeve 1 of the base and bent or shaped so that the major portion of said standard is inclined rearwardly slightly as shown in Figure 1. In the form of my invention herein illustrated the lower end portion of the standard 13 is bent at suchan angle as to produce a vertically-disposed lower end portion that is screwed into the base B, and an upward- Ziy projecting, inclined portion at the rear of the occupant of the chair seat that is used to support or sustain the back E of the chair. Any

suitable means may be used to attach the standard to the base and prevent said standard from turning or rotating relatively to the base into such a position as to alter or destroy the symmetry between the base and the seat 01 the drier, the means herein illustrated for this purpose consisting of a set screw 6 in the sleeve por-- tion 1 of the base that is adapted to be tightened so as to, grip the standard B.

The seat C comprises an upholstered portion that has attached to the under side of same a metal piece 7, preferably a substantially V- shaped casting, whose rear end portion is oi such design or construction that the seat C can be combined with or disassembled from the standard B, without the aid of a mechanic, and even without the necessity of manipulating a threaded fastening device. Preferably, the seat casting 7 is provided at its apex or rear end with a bifurcated hook-shaped part that straddes the standard B and co-acts with a horizontally-disposed supporting pin 8 that extends transversely of the standard B. In Figures 1 and 3 the reference character 9 designates the side pieces of the bifurcated portion on the rear end of the seat casting 7, and by referring to Figure 1 it will be seen that each of said side pieces -9 is hook-shaped and so disposed. that the open end of theslot in the hook is presented upwardly. At a point between the hooks 9 there is a colo caved bearing 10 on the seat casting (see Figure 3) that contacts with the standard B, the hooks til 9 being so disposed that the weight of the occupant of the seat 0 securely holds the hooks 9 in engagement with the cross pin 8 on the standard and also iorces the concaved bearing portion it on the seat casting tightly against the standard. To detach the seat C from the standard B it is only necessary to tilt the front end of said seat upwardly, whereupon the hooks Q'can be easily disengaged from the pin 81, and to assemble the seat with the standard it is 0 an to hold the seat in an upwardly inclined position, move it upwardly so as to position the cross pin 8 in the openended slots of the hooks 9 and then permit the front edge of the seat to swing downwardly, thus causing the bearing portion 10 on the seat casting to contact with the dard B and hold the cross pin 8 at the inner ends of the slots in the books.

The chair back E, previously referred to, be mounted onthe standard B in v: rious ways. Said back is herein illustrated as being provided with a split or longitudinally-divided, tubular portion for receiving the standard, made up oi will Elite two semi-circular-shaped metal pieces 11 permanently attached to the back E and clamped tightly to the standard 1, as, for example, by means of a bolt 12 that passes transversely through said metal pieces 11 at a point between the semi-circular-shaped portions of same that embrace the standard B and the portions 13 of said metal pieces that are attached to the back E. To assemble the back E with the standard B, the split tubular metal part on the rear side of the back is slipped over said standard, and after the back E has been adjusted or arranged in the desired position, it is locked or clamped securely to the standard by tightening the nut of the bolt 12. Arm rests F of any suitable kind are preferably mounted on the seat C,- the arm rests herein illustrated being provided with vertically-disposed side pieces 14 that are securely connected to the seat by means of fastening devices 15 that pass through inturned flanges 16 on said side pieces 14 which project underneath the seat.

In addition to being convenient and comfortable for a person whose hair is being dried, my improved chair has the added advantages of being inexpensive, of neat and novel appearance. and of being capable of being shipped in knockdown form from the point of manufacture to the place where it is to be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

standard, hooks on said bearing portion embracing said standard and arranged so that the slots in the hooks are presented upwardly, and a cross pin on the standard positioned in the slots in said hooks.

2. A chair of'the kind described in claim 1,

provided with arms carried by the seat, a back arranged above the seat, and means for clamping said back to the standard.

3. A chair provided with a portable base equipped with castors, a sleeve on said base, a tubular supporting standard projecting upwardly from the base and having its lower end posi tioned in said sleeve, a removable seat equipped with a metallic reinforcing member provided with a concaved bearing portion that engages the standard, hooks on said bearing portion embracing saidstandard and arranged with the slots in the hooks presented upwardly, and a cross pin on the standard positioned in the slots in the hooks.

4. A chair of the kind described in claim 3 provided with a back equipped with a longitudinally-split portion that embraces the standard, and means for clamping said split portion to said standard.

5. A chair provided with a portable base, a tubular supporting standard provided with a rearwardly inclined upper portion and a substantially vertically-disposed lower portion which is detachably connected to ,said base at a point located at the rear of the center of the base, a removable seat provided with a metallic reinforcing member that is detachably interlocked with said standard, the front edge of said seat projecting forwardly beyond the front end'of said base, arms carried by said seat, and a removable back supported entirely by said standard and detachably connected with the same.

WALTER F. KOKEN. 

